Confessions of a Home-based Business Entrepreneur

This came up on the forums in a thread on persistence and not giving up in your business. It’s a story I remember reading in Napolean Hill’s excellent Think and Grow Rich.
When people are stressed during the holidays and worrying about their finances, I think it’s a good reminder to keep our business efforts […]

True story…
Dumber than a doornail - that’s what he was - one of the richest home-based businessmen I have ever had the opportunity to know personally.
For purposes of anonymity, lets call him Jack. Jack wasn’t your typical sharp-as-a-tack businessman, nor was he what you might term a master marketer.
Actually, he wasn’t really even […]

If you want a copy of v1.2 of our new Viral Membership Software at the lowest price it will ever be, you’d better act fast. We’re taking it off the market next week while we make some upgrades to the software. Then, it will go back on the market with a $150 price […]

I’ve been thinking about those of you who took us up on our offer made with Stephanie of Adsense Queen. Dave and I gave up our commissions because we really want you to succeed. We know Stephanie’s methods work and we feel strongly that Stephanie is the one to help you get there.
I […]

A few years ago, I wrote about a package I received in the mail for something I had ordered online from a company during the holidays. Surprisingly, it arrived all wrapped up in Christmas paper. I wrote about what a nice touch it was and how the company had scored my interest for […]

I recently read a fascinating article on hidden tracking dots made by certain color printers. These tiny yellow dots can hardly be seen by the naked eye.
Now anyone can tell what printer (make, model and serial #) you used to print your paper and exactly what time you printed it (date, hour and minutes). […]

The day after Thanksgiving — today is known as the busiest brick and mortar shopping day of the year for shear numbers of shoppers. Now, with ‘Black Friday’ out of the way, shoppers will turn online. Are you ready?
Startup Journal
This coming Friday is one of the year’s biggest days for shoppers and retailers. […]

What a slacker! Well, I suppose I’d better get at least one post in for October (squeeze it in on the very last day).
For Halloween, I thought I’d post one of the scariest emails we recently received. One of our sites is a site offering tax information. This was a reply to […]

Now that I ‘ve been doing the blogging thing for a few weeks, I’ll let you know that there’s certainly more to blogging than, well, blogging. I mean, if you want people to actually read your blog, you’ve got to do a little work.
One of the things I’ve had to understand is pinging. […]